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Basil Blackshaw HRHA RUA (1932-2016)
Laganside at Dusk (1997)
Oil on canvas, 182 x 150cm (71¾ x 59'')
Signed; also signed and dated Dec 1997 verso
Provenance: Commissioned directly from the...
Basil Blackshaw HRHA RUA (1932-2016)
Laganside at Dusk (1997)
Oil on canvas, 182 x 150cm (71¾ x 59'')
Signed; also signed and dated Dec 1997 verso
Provenance: Commissioned directly from the artist for an exhibition of the collection at the Waterfront Hall; UTV Art Collection
Exhibited: "The UTV Art Collection" Exhibitions including this work held at: The Waterfront Hall, January 1997; Monaghan County Museum, March 1997; Armagh County Museum, April 2000; The Waterfront Hall, April 2003; Fermanagh County Museum, September / October 2003;
"40 Years of Ulster Art", The Waterfront Hall, November / December 1999
Literature: 'UTV Art Collection' 2009, illustrated p.17.
Basil Blackshaw HRUA (1932-2016) was born in Glengormley but his family moved soon after to Boardmills, Co. Down. He studied at Art College in Belfast in the late 1940s. In 1951 Blackshaw was awarded a scholarship by the Committee for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, to study in Paris. It was at this time that he encountered the work of a number of artists that were to have an enduring impact on his career.
A major retrospective of Blackshaws work was held in 1974 at the Arts Council Gallery in Belfast, and another in 1995 was organised by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. The latter was exhibited at the Ormeau Baths, Royal Hibernian Academy, Crawford Municipal Gallery, and a selection of the works travelled to the United States for a further tour. In 2001 he was the recipient of the Glen Dimplex Award for a Sustained Contribution to the Visual Arts. He exhibited at the Ulster Museum, Belfast in 2002 and a monograph was published on the artist by Eamonn Mallie in 2003. In 2012 the Royal Hibernian Academy in conjunction with the F.E. McWilliam Gallery organised a substantial retrospective of the artists work entitled Blackshaw at 80. He was a member of Aosdana, RUA and Associate Member of the RHA.
This work was especially commissioned by UTV from Blackshaw for the opening of an exhibition of the UTV Collection at the Waterfront Hall and gives a wonderful vista overlooking the city along the Lagan.
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